A total of 276 carnivorous plants have been seized from 10 packages coming from the Netherlands, the Bureau of Customs-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA) said. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) The confiscation was carried out by joint BOC-NAIA and Department of Environment and Natural Resources...
At least 3,000 tourism workers from the world-famous Boracay Island in Aklan comprise the first batch of local workers that are set to be inoculated against the deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from Department of Tourism) Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat...
More than P10 billion worth of smuggled goods have been seized in various ports and warehouses in the country over the last six months of 2021, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) bared Wednesday, July 7. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) The confiscated contrabands were a combination of counterfeit cigarettes,...
The Filipina overseas worker who was raped by her employers in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is now two months pregnant. (Photo by Charles Deluvio/ Unsplash) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III shared this sad news Wednesday, July 7 during a virtual press...
The Department of Energy (DOE) isn't interested with hitting back at Senator Manny Pacquiao, even if his allegations of corruption against the agency turn out to be baseless. (Photo from Manny Pacquiao's Instagram) Thus, said Assistant Secretary Gerardo Erguiza Jr. during the Laging Handa virtual...
The Baguio City local government unit (LGU) said it will continue to limit tourist arrivals to a maximum of 3,000 per day to prevent incidents that may trigger another surge in the number of local coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Baguio City (File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post of...
The "100 percent inspection" of farm, fishery, and meat products will be enforced by the Department of Agriculture (DA) once the proposed cold examination facility in agriculture (CEFA) comes to fruition at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Zambales. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) Agriculture Secretary...
Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary Gerardo Erguiza Jr. insisted Wednesday, July 7 that there was no connection between the agency and the so-called independent market operator (IMO) for electricity that Senator Manny Pacquiao had tagged in alleged corruption. (Screengrab from Facebook...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has turned down the petition of a foreign cigarette company to get back from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) more than P305 million in advance excise tax payments due to its failure to submit complete tax refund documents. (Photo by Pawel Czerwinski/ Unsplash)...
A locally-published think thank study is batting for increased transparency and accountability from government when it comes to infrastructure projects in the Philippines that have been funded by other nations, particularly China. Professor Dindo Manhit (Photo from ADRi) “It is the responsibility...
More than 40,000 military and civilian personnel of the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have already been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana. Lorenzana said a total of 40,059 DND...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. again issued an apology late Tuesday night, July 6 over the delay in the delivery of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, which has affected the speed of the national government's immunization program. SORRY--Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. apologizes for the...
